Definition of possesion

1. possession [ n ] the act of possessingExamples:"they took possession of the ball"

Used in print:

(William S. Haymond, "Is Distance an Original...)

Therefore , if the sense_of_touch is functioning normally and there is a complete absence of spatial awareness in a psychically blind person when the eyes are closed and an object is handled , the conclusion seems unavoidable that touch by itself cannot focus and take possession of the third-dimensionality of things and that actual sight or visual representations are necessary .

(Jim Berry Pearson, The Maxwell Land Grant....)

Cook had discovered a beef in his possession a_few days earlier and , when he could not show the hide , arrested him .

(Tristram Coffin, Not to the Swift....)

When we got there , Trig and the Negro were quarreling over possession of a gold crucifix around the neck of a wounded Filipino .

(W. E. B. DuBois, Worlds of Color....)

With shout and slow dance , with tears and song , with scream and contortion , the corner group was beset by hysteria and shivering , wailing , shouting , possession of something that seemed like an alien and outside force .

As used in this Act , the term ' saline water ' includes sea_water , brackish water , and other mineralized or chemically charged water , and the term ' United_States ' extends to and includes the District_of_Columbia , the Commonwealth of Puerto_Rico , and the territories and possessions of the United_States .

the term `` State '' includes the Commonwealth of Puerto_Rico and any possession of the United_States ; and the term `` commerce '' means commerce between any State and any place outside thereof , or between points within the same State but through any place outside thereof .